Business Today Power Breakfast: Govt needs to trust private sector to boost economy, opine panelists

 

 

 

 The Business Today Power Breakfast event comes to a close. The attendees and panelists alike take the time to mingle around. Thank you for joining us. Stay tuned to www.businesstoday.in for more updates from the business world.

 

 

9:55 am: Open up the country to foreign tourists, says Kapil Chopra of The Oberoi Group.

9:53 am: We are not thinking strategically, says Ratul Puri. We need such thinking to create 100 million jobs, he says.

9:50 am: Jagdish Khattar says increase confidence. We also need independent regulators, he adds.

9:48 am: Gaurav Dalmia of Landmark says he is worried about the state of the banks in the country.

9:46 am: The government needs to trust the private sector, says Nikhil Sawhney of Triveni.

9:45 am: Siraj Chaudhry of Cargill India says we need to get rid of the idea that business is bad. Need greater promotion of food processing industry.

9:43 am: Business Today Managing Editor Josey Puliyenthuruthel asks the panelists to sum up the debate.

9:40 am: Jagdish Khattar and Rajan Anandan are arguing on automation and robotics in manufacturing. Khattar holds there will be a role for humans in the factory of the future. Anandan says in 20 years, robots can do what humans does today.

 

8:15 am: Should the government focus its energies on controlling inflation? Or, should it first take drastic measures to drive economic growth? It is a question the outgoing UPA-II government has grappled with for some time. What will the new government do?

At Business Today's Power Breakfast at The Oberoi, New Delhi, we have taken the lead in opening up the big question to a group of corporate leaders, who will bring their views onto the table in a power-packed panel discussion.

Join us at #BTLeaders as the discussion unfolds.

vimal singh 

pgdm 1st yr